Light, color, and radiant ray bath cabinet



Feb. 22 1927.

G. L. ABELL :LIGHT, coma, ANDRADIANT RAY BATH CABINET Gerald- L. flbell- Feb. 22

G; L. 'ABE:ILL.

LIGHT, COLOR, AND 'RADIANT'RAY-BATH- CABINET Filed Angle. 1920 Sheets-FSh-et 2.-

7 ambdwtbz v Gerald "Llflbell.

.3 sheets-sheet 5 f G. L.'AB EI' 'I LIGHT, 001,012, AN RADIANT, HAY BATH CABINET r Filed Augie} 1920 Fgb. '22-, 1927 Gerald Libell Patented Feb. 22, 1927.

GERALD ABELL, .OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA;

L IGHT, COLOR, vA'N'ID RADIANT: RAY BATH Application filedAugustlG, 192a. Seria1'No, 403,911. 7

My invention is an improved incandescent light and chromatic light bath cabinet.

.An object of my inventionand as-provided form the construction is the provision of light bath's whereby thebody as a whole may be treated in the cabinet or the various parts ofthe body may be subjected to light treatment .by the direct applica' tion of the lightto said parts. I provide a device which may be usedfor the head,- a foot bath appliance, movable body bath at I tachments, and a seat with light treatment appliances in connection therewith.

J'My invention is illustrated in-the' annexed cation.

Referring to Figure 1 is a vention. w 4

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3is a horizontal section of my inthe drawings, 7

front elevation: of inventiontaken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectionof my invention taken on line 44 of Figure 3.

, Figure 5 is a vertical section of the seat,

bath.

I bath.

ment 1,

bath taken on line 7-7 of Figured Figure 8 is a side view of theseateme'rgency vessel. 7 I H I n My cabinet includes a mam bath compartbath 3, a footbath 4, and a body bath :5.

The main' compartment 1 is mounted on casters 7. The main compartment includes "a floor-8, a front wall'9,' sidewalls 10 and 11, back walls 12 and 13, and a to wall, 14. The back walls extend outwardly at an angle rests upon the front,

side and back walls. compartment are preferablv made of wood.

' An angle iron 15 covers the meeting corner gle iron p front wall 9 andside wall 11 and 1s screwed of the front wall 9 and side wall 10 andis secured to said walls and to the: floor 8 and top 14 at its lower and upper ends. An an 16 covers the meeting corner of the to'said walls .and to the floor 8 and top '14 at its lower and upper ends. An angle iron 17 covers the meeting corner of the sidewall lOand the back wa-ll12 and is screwed to said lower and upper ends.

'lower and upper Figure 6 is a vertical section of the foot Figure 7 is. a detailed section-"of the foot head bath compartment fi, which is made in the form of a hood and rests over said. o ening. The head bath compartment is' hingedv to 'the top 14 rearwardly. of the a head bath 'cOmpartIfientQ, a seat from the side walls 10 and 11 and meet 'midway"between the side walls. The front, side and back walls rest upon the floor' 8,-

I I and the top wall 14 The walls of the main walls and the. floor 8 and top at its An angle iron 18 covers the meeting corner of the sidewall .11; and the back wall 13 and is screwed to Sfild walls and to the floor 8 and top, 14

at its lower and upper ends. An angle iron walls- 12 and. 13 and isscrewed to said walls and to the floor 8 and top 14' at its ends. Glass plates 20 are 19 covers the meeting corner of the back mounted on the inside of the front wall 9.

Glass plates21 and 22 are mounted on'the inside of side walls 10 and 11. Glass plates 23 and 24 aremoun'ted on .the inside of drawings which f0 m a part of this specifi-Lback walls Hand .13. In the front wall-of v 1 ithe-main compartmentl is a front door 25 z-which is hinged by hinges 26 to one side .of the front wall. The door is held closed by a latch 27. A glass plate 20'is mounted "on the. inside of the} door 25. The forward portion .of the top 14 is formed with an 'opening28-which is closed by a pair of doors 29 and 30 hinged to top at the sides of the opening by hinges 31 and 32 respectively. An opening 331s also formed rearwardly .ofthe doors 29' and 30, partly in the top opening by hinges 34. The front wall of the head bath compartment is a door 35 hinged at. its upper edge tov the upper wall of the compartment by hinges 36," which door may be opened to admit air into the cabinet. Incandescent electric lamps 37 are,

mounted inside the head bath compart ment on the, upper, side and back walls thereof. Vertical columns of incandescent lights 38 are mounted in the compartment 1. Other lights 38- I are also mounted in the compartment. Adjustable parabolical hoods for housing incandescent electric lamps 39'v are mounted in the compartment 1 for radiating light rays at the sides and in the rear of the seat, said lamps having interior. 7

and exterior light reflecting surfaces so that they absorb nolight rays.

seat frame 41, a lamp 42 and a seat 43. The standard 40 includes a base 44, which rests inside the cabinet 1 upon the cabinet floor 8, and a screw 45 upstanding from said base..

The seat bath 3 includes a standard'40, a I

41 includes a sleeve 47 which fits on the screw and rests upon the hand wheel 46, and a lamp housing and seat support 48 extending upwardly from said sleeve. The

part 48 has an external flange 49 at its upper edge and a plurality of openings ,50 in the upper part of its side wall. The lamp 42 includes an upwardly directing parabolical reflector 51 and an incandescent electric lamp 42 screwed into a socket 53 in the bot tom of the reflector' The reflector 51 rests within the housing 48 and has an external flange 52 at its upper edge which rests up-' on the flange 49 and supports the lamp 42 within the housing 48 with the bottom of the reflector .resting slightly above the bottom of said housing to provide room for the contact 53' which engages the lamp contact 54. The reflector 51 has a plurality of.

openings 55 which register with the openings through which openings heated air may escape providing ventilation below the seat 43- The openings and 50 are controlled by a sliding damper 56. The seat 43 rests upon the reflector flange 52 and has a shoulder 60 which fits inside the reflector and holds the seat against lateral displacement on the seat support 48. The seat 43 is provided with an opening 61 and with a plurality of rabbets 62, 63 and 64 extending progressively outwardly from said opening at upwardly progressive levels. A wicker seat 65 is placed in the uppermost rabbet .64 flush with the top of the'seat 43. -A removable glass 66 whichmay bej ot various colors is, mounted in the lamp reflector 51 below the openings 55 and 50. Sockets '67 and 68 are secured to the outside of the seat frame member 48 near the front and rear thereof in which sockets rest uprights 69 and 70 respectively. A rail 71 is secured at one end to the top of one upright Y69 and extends rearwardlyand in back of the seat and then forwardly, and is secured to the upper endv of the uprights 70 and at its other end to the upper end, ofzthe upright 69. The uprights 69 and 70 and the rail 71 provide a back and arm support for the seat bath. An emergency pan 75 having an external flange 76 at its upper edge may be placed in the seat- 43 within the opening 61 with said flanges resting in the rabbet 62 and supporting the pan. When the pan is used .the wicker seat 66 is removed from the seat bath. The pan is adapted to receive the excretions of the kidneys of the patient sitting on the seat bath. l

The foot bath 4includes a tubular standard 80 formed with a base 81 secured to the floor 8, a screw 82 slidable insaid standard, and an incandescent light bath receptacle 83 mounted on the upper end of said screw. A

glass plate 84' covers the top of the receptacle 4, said plate being fittedin a rabbet 85 in the inner upper edge of the vertical walls of the receptacle. A wicker, such as'the wicker 65 may be substituted.for theplate 84. A glass reflecting plate 86 -is placed in the bottom of the receptacle 83. Incandescent electric lamps 87 are mounted in the lower partof the receptacle '83 on the'vertical walls of the receptacle, the light of which lamps is'reflected upwardly by the refleeting plate 86 through the plate '84. penings 88 are provided inthe upper part of the vertical walls of the receptacle 83 through which openings the heated air may escape thus providing ventilation for the receptacle. The openings 88 are controlled by a s'liding damper 89 having holes similar to damper 56. A gear 90 screws on'the screw 82 andrests on the topof the stand ard 80 whereby the receptacle 83 is supported on the standard at' the desired ele meta; A lever 91'is pivoted at 92 to the standard 80 and carries a pawl 93 which engages the teeth ofthe gear 90. By rockingsaid lever the pawl 93 engages and escapes the teeth of said gear, whereby the gear is turned on the screw 82 and the receptacle 83 elevated. i

The body bath 5 includes a receptacle 100 similar in construction to the foot bath re ceptacles and contains incandescent lamps 101. The receptacle 100 has, two lugs on the back thereof through which extend a verticalrod 102 secured at its lower end to the swinging-end of a horizontal arm 103, the other end of which arm is ivoted by pivot 104 to oneend of a rigi armj 105 which is secured at its other end to the standard 106 of the column of lamps 38 in the leftand right front corners of thecompartment 1. The floor 8 is provided with two air inlets 110 and 111' respectively at the sides of the seat bath: 3, whichinlets are controlled.

by dampers 112. An outlet flue 113 leads from the upper part of the main bath compartment 1.

. The operation of my cabinet is as follows:

When a person desires-to enter the cabinet .for treatment, the head bath compartment 2 is swung backwardly on its hinges 34 and i the doors 25,- 29 and 30 are swung open. The person enters the cabinet'through the front thereof and sits on the seat 43 with his feet resting on the glass 84*of the foot bath and his head projecting through the opening 33. The doors 25, 29 and 30 are closed and thehead bath compartment is swung rays upon the-,occupants head. The body bath 5 may be shifted about by means of the pivoted arm .103 and the rays of its lamps 101 directed to different parts of the occupants body. The inlets 110 and 111 are open when the occupant takes alight.

bath and closed (when he takes a heat and light bath. v p The various lightrefiecting mirrors may be glass or metal. The main compartment may be opened-or closed by the occupant within the cabinet;

Having described .my invention, I claim: 1. In a light-bath cabinet of the character disclosed, a main light compartment, a front' door in said compartment,doors in the front part of the top or roof of said compartment,

the top of said compartment being provided" 2 wit h a head openingat the rear of said.

doors, and a head-bath' compartment mount- 1 ed and hinged ontop of said main compartment, to be placed over said opening when;

it is occupied by the patient,

2. In a cabinet for therapeutical purposes,

' a main compartment, an .auxiliary' head compartment hinged to the top'of' the main compartment, and an auxiliary seat compartment located within said main compartment directly beneath the" head'compartment, all of said compartments containing light disseminatingmeans. c

3. In a light-bath cabinet of the character described, a mainco'mpartment, a front door in said compartment, doors in the'front of the top of said compartment, the top of said compartment being provided with; a head opening at the .rear of said doors, a head compartment hinged'to the top ofthe-main compartment so as to cover said opening, and auxiliary separate body, foot, and seat compartments located within said. main compartment, all of said compartments containing light disseminating means; p p 'i 4. In a cabinet for therapeutical purposes,

a main compartment for general treatment v4:

of the body of a. patient, a plurality of auxiliary compartments for treatment resp'ectively of the head, body and feet of a patient, a floor for said main compartment provided with a plurality of air current controllingmeans and a top for said main com-' partment having a plurality of .simila' r means.

5; In a therapeutical apparatus of the character described, a bowl, a reflector therein, both opening upwardly, a light in the reflector, an open seat on the bowl and a baflle plate of light transmitting material interposed between theli ht and a body seated on the seat, for de ecting heat rays from said body.

6. A device, as defined in claim 5, in which .7

heated air is allowed to escape past the edge of the baffle-"plate and through controllab e apertures in the side of the bowl.- 5

linterchangeable colored elements are used for controlling the length of the light rays.

8. A device, as defined in claim 5, in which the seatis formed with annular stepped ledges allowing a plurality of light or heat affecting media to be interposed-under the buttocks of the bodyof the occupant;

is secured-moths bowlj 'zifor thebody of the en-P tv e n a n an s pp rt it Intestimony whereof I aflix y signature. I GERALD L. ABELL.

'. 65 7. A" device as defined in claim '5, in which 

